Sunderland lost against Portuguese champions Sporting Lisbon to close out our mini-tour of the Algarve, but there were plenty of positives to take from our performance and, as such, the Lads got together at full time to react to what they saw.

• The midfield trio of Diarra, Sadiki and Le Fee had us purring - just how good do they look?!
• Our patterns of play are promising when you consider how little these players have played together
• It was a poor goal to concede, but were Sunderland still the best team in that first half?
• When the second string came out they gave a good account of themselves - especially the defence
• What about Dan Neil... is he seen as a starter for that West Ham game?
• Standards are rising, so will last season's players keep up?

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